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The Citizen, 2006-02-16, Page 10p Amtouncemen * Stephanie Dixon and Tim Machan were married in Maryhill on January 21, 2006. Congratulations from your family and friends. PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006. Novices win 2 Mother Nature wiped out curling action at the Wingham Curling Club. Heavy snow downed a tree over the hydro wires coming from the road to the transformer, knocking out power on Sunday, Feb. 5 and cancelling curling on the Monday and Tuesday. Thanks to the efforts of Bill Haines and Bruce Pewtress, working in deep snow in the swamp beside the river, the tree was removed and all was ready for hydro crews to repair the lines. Deep snow and closed roads added to the delay in repairs. *** Action in the Wednesday night, Feb. 8, mixed league saw these results: Earl Fitch 8, Steve Burke 7; Art Devos 9, John Dailleboust 3; Leanne Elston 12, Tammy Adams 2 and Dean Newson 9, Shawn Cottrill 8. *** In the Thursday family league the McDonalds met head on with Cole edging Bill 6-5. Other results were: Scott Miller 9, Shawn Cottrill 3; Junior Brook Wheeler of Brussels, a member of the Colgate women's ice hockey team, has been named the ECAC Hockey League Goaltender of the Week of the week ending Feb. 12. The announcement was made by the league office Feb. 13. On Friday, Wheeler made 38 saves in a 4-1 loss to' number three St. Lawrence as the Saints avenged a 3- 0 shutout from just three weeks ago. It 'was her fourth straight 30+ save effort. On Saturday, Wheeler made 22 saves against No. 8/9 Clarkson enroute to a 2-0 shutout. It was her second shutout of a nationally- ranked squad this season, both being Our condolences to Harry and Mildred Gillis and family on the sudden and tragic accidental death of a grandson Dean Dillman of Alberta. He was the son of Fred and Lydia (Gillis) Dillman and brother of Lee and Sean, all of Alberta. Attending the funeral of their 28- year-old nephew were John Gillis, Kevin Gillis of Wingham, Louise (Gillis) of Crediton and cousins Martene Regier, London and Tom Gillis Jr. of Calgary. It was a terrible week for weather last Week with lots of cancellations. I had the pleasure of being back driving the bus and visiting with all my children who seemed glad to see me. The driving wasn't bad Tuesday and Wednesday, but Thursday morning was terrible for the first 20 minutes. Returning from a great trip were six area boys. They travelled to Cancun, Mexico for a week of fun in the sun. Taking the vacation were Scott McDonald, Darryl Houston, Devon Blake, Robbie McClure, Jason Denys and Barry Young. They enjoyed a cruise which Kevin Bishop 7, Doug Miller 5 and Elliott Miller 5, Simon Logtenberg 6. *** Just a reminder, the annual Golf and Curling Club meeting will be held at the Clubhouse Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. Cathy Goetz will give the curling report and Dan Campbell the golf report. There will be an election for new board members. *** The daytime mixed league missed action on Monday, Feb. 6 but the following Thursday it was curling action and fun as usual for the final day of the second draw. In morning action the results were: Irving Elliott 9, John Mann 6; Bill Deans 7, Jim Coultes 5; M. Inglis 9, W. Stamper 8 and Alex Nethery 8, R. McMichael 5. The afternoon results were: L. Wheeler 12, N. Frank 3; Ivan Dow 9, B. Robertson 6 and S. Leedham 8, L. Shaw, 4. Members of the draw winning team were S. Leedham, skip; Marie teams in the ECACHL and her sixth career blanking. The win gave the Raiders two more points in the ECACHL and her sixth career blanking. The win gave the Raiders two more points in the ECACHL standings to secure a playoff position in the league tournament. Wheeler had been honourerd the previous week as well when she was named USCHO.com National Defensive Player of the Week Runner-up on Tuesday, Feb. 7 by USCHO.com This is Wheeler's second runner- up honour of the season, and third recognition as she earned the title of National Defensive Player of the began in the local waterways, went through the jungle, then out into the Gulf to a shallow reef. They had a great time snorkelling and saw lots of exotic fish and a four-foot barracuda below them. There were two people to each of the small speedboats and they report they were great. They also went out on a fishing trip for approximately four hours. The five who went enjoyed the time, except for Scott, who was seasick, at least that's what they say. The other four all caught a barracuda with Barry Young catching the largest. They didn't keep any of the catch to eat, but let the captain have them. The Caribe Resort was really nice as well as the sister resort Riu Cancun. They enjoyed 30°C weather everyday with-one cold, windy night that was only 20°C. The winds-were quite strong and cool off the waters. The flight home was on the airbus with the monitor recording a flying speed of 865 kmh at 34,000 feet and outside temperature of -60°C. The skies were absolutely clear and they were able to see Tampa which was huge and Atlanta, enormous and the city of Chicago. After they crossed Lake Erie, the clouds moved in and next thing they knew they were landing in Kitchener. The Walton Hall was the place for the Huron Cattle Feeders Association to have a soup and sandwich lunch. The meeting followed. Audrey Hackwell and Judy Lee served up a delicious lunch. • Stewart, vice; Bob Foxton, second and Bryon Adams, lead. *** The results of the Friday mixed league were: W. Waechter 11, H. Clugston 1; Lynn Hickey 6, W. Horton 5 and Chris Cottrill gaining Cottrill bragging rights with a 10-2 win over Shawn. *** Reports from the 38th. annual Canadian Livestock Curling Bonspiel held in Wetaskiwin, Alberta indicate the western curlers regained the trophy from their eastern rivals as Brian Brown's .,.team from Alberta was crowned the champion after three days of curling. Although the local curlers didn't come home with the bacon they did put up a real battle. Special mention to the Philip Eadie team, who racked up two wins on Saturday before suffering their first defeat. There was tough action on the curling ice but the boys had a bigger battle getting home through the snowstorm on Feb. 6. Week of Jan. 24. Wheeler had an impressive performance on Friday, Feb. 3 against number six Mercyhurst, as she backstopped the Raiders with 35 saves in a 1-1 tie. It was Wheeler's third consecutive 30 plus effort. She moved to second on Colgate's all-time save list with 935 stops, surpassing Jen Burtaw ('02) at 921. The Raiders will travel to New England next weekend to take on Dartmouth and Harvard. The Raiders and the Big Green will face off on Friday, Feb. 17 at 7 p.m., and will take on the nationally ranked Crimson on Saturday, Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. FROM WALTON Wilbees greet at Duff's service Keith and Gloria Wilbee welcomed the congregation to Duff's United Church on the fifth Sunday after Epiphany. The congregational covenant with the unified board was held. The introduction was conducted by congregational chairperson Marie McGavin. She read the statement of purpose, the covenant questions and promises to the board members. Bring in grocery tapes from Zehrs, Foodland, Brussels and Seaforth and Scrimgeour's, Blyth. Leave them in the kitchen along with old printer cartridges. The Brussels Novices took on Seaforth in recent hockey action. The first period went well for Brussels as they took a two-goal lead into the second. Scoring were Mitchell Kellington, assisted by Ben Hruska and Tim Waechter, assisted by Colton Hastings. Seaforth took control of the next period scoring five unanswered goals, then added four more to their tally in the third. "'Brussels did manage one more off the stick of Hayden Tenpas, with an assist from Taylor Higgins to end the game in a 9-3 victory for Seaforth. The next game was against Elma Logan. Tenpas off a pass from Scott Dolmage put his team up by one in the first. A good solid second period saw Brussels hold their opponents to two goals, while scoring five. Bulging the twine were Levi Smith, Kai Heimstra, Wyatt Ducharme and Kellington with two unassisted. Assists went to Higgins, Logan Clark and Scott Baan. The onslaught continued 'in the third. Elma Logan was shut clown, while the Brussels offence lit the light six times. Goalscorers were Jason Baxter from Clark, Reece McArter, Kellington, Waechter from Hrusta, Ducharme and Lexi Smith. The final score was 12-2. Boomers lose Continued from page 9 Boomers Bantam Girls broomball team lost their first game to Eastern Eliminators, then lost their second game to Palmerston/ Seaforth. There is a broomball fun day on Feb. 25 for all the teams and the year-end banquet is March 9. Both will be held at the Blyth arena. Rock Talk - By Bill Johnston Honours continue for Wheeler Gotcha! _ Blyth Rollers goalie Murray Dale makes another save during a game against Seaforth at this past weekend's junior broomball tournament. The Rollers came away with a 1-0 victory with Laura Souch scoring the winning goal in overtime. (Photo submitted)